The Making of Anti-Poverty Policies in Ghana: Transnational Actors, Processes and Mechanisms (Sustainable Development Goals Series)

Foreword: Ideas and Transnational Actors in Ghana and Beyond
Preface and Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Transnational Actors and Policymaking in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Scholarly Context
	1 Introduction
	2 Transnational Actors and Policymaking in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Do We Already Know?
	3 Contribution of the Book
	4 Plan of Book
	References
Chapter 2: Transnational Policy Process: Analytical Framework
	1 Introduction
	2 Existing Perspectives on Transnational Policy Processes
		2.1 The Structural Perspective
		2.2 Institutional Perspective
		2.3 Psychological Perspective
		2.4 Ideational Perspective
	3 Analytical Framework
	4 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 3: Transnational Actors and Social Policymaking in Ghana: A Brief Historical Background
	1 Introduction
	2 Pre-independence Period
	3 Independence/Immediate Post-independence
	4 Post-independence
		4.1 The Period Before the 4th Republic (1966–1992)
		4.2 The 4th Republic (1993–Till Date)
	5 Actors, Processes and Mechanisms—Some Observations
	6 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 4: Transnational Actors and Policymaking: The Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS)
	1 Introduction
	2 Evolution of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Globally
		2.1 To Be or Not to Be? Ghana’s HIPC Decision
		2.2 Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
	3 The Transnational Dimension: Mechanisms and Avenues
	4 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5: Ghana’s Decision to LEAP Out of Poverty: Interrogating the Transnational Involvement
	1 Introduction
	2 Social Protection Trajectory in Ghana
	3 Cash Transfers Gaining Momentum
	4 LEAPing Out of Poverty—Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfer in Ghana
		4.1 The Decision to Pursue Social Protection Through LEAP
		4.2 Generating Support for LEAP
	5 The Transnational Dimension: Mechanisms and Avenues
	6 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 6: Transnational Policymaking After the GPRS and LEAP in Ghana and Beyond
	1 Introduction
	2 Transnational Policymaking: Any Shifts in Mechanisms?
	3 New Mechanisms or Old Ones with Modifications?
	4 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Lessons and Implications
	1 Introduction
	2 Transnational Policymaking: Lessons Learned
	3 Transnational Policymaking: The Role of CSOs
	4 Limitations and Future Research
	5 Concluding Remarks
	References
Appendix: Ghana: Status of Triggers for the HIPC Floating Completion Point
References
Index